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Reaching a critical juncture in Syria

Syrian children look through their car window as they cross into Lebanon with their families at the border crossing, in Masnaa, eastern Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2012. Hassan Ammar/AP

A Turkish soldier takes up position near the border to Syria in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, November 30, 2012. Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

In this Nov. 29, 2012 photo, night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area as destroyed buildings, including Dar Al-Shifa hospital, are seen on Sa'ar street after airstrikes targeted the area, killing dozens in Aleppo, Syria. Narciso Contreras/AP

A Syrian boy reads a torn paper inside his destroyed school classroom, in Aleppo, Syria, Nov. 29, 2012. Syrian rebels battled regime troops south of Damascus on Friday and Internet and most telephone lines were cut for a second day, but the government reopened the road to the capital's airport in a sign the fighting could be calming, activists said. AP

A Syrian man who fled from the violence in his village, sits for a haircut next to his tent at a camp, in the Syrian village of Atmeh, near the Turkish border with Syria, Nov. 8, 2012. A dark realization is spreading across north Syria that despite 20 months of violence and recent rebel gains, an end to the war to topple President Bashar al-Assad is nowhere in sight. Khalil Hamra/AP

In this Nov. 03, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter watches windows in an overlooking building as he awaits for loyalists to President Bashar al-Assad to appear during heavy fighting in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Narciso Contreras/AP

In this Sept. 19, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter soldier stands at the front line in the Amariya district in Aleppo, Syria. Manu Brabo/AP

Syrians clear the rubble of a house was destroyed in government airstrike, in Kal Jubrin, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 16, 2012. Muhammed Muheisen/AP

An elderly Syrian woman, who fled her home due to fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces, reads the Quran, Muslim's holy book, as she takes refuge at the Samiya al-Makhzumi school in Mezzeh neighborhood, in Damascus, Syria, Sept. 16, 2012. Muzaffar Salman/AP

A Jordanian soldier helps Syrian refugees flee violence in their country after they crossed the border into Jordanian territory with their families from Syria into Jordan, near the town of Ramtha September 15, 2012. Muhammad Hamed/Reuters

Syrian children play in the street in the Bustan Al Qsar district in Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 12, 2012. Manu Brabo/AP

An elderly Syrian man walks past a destroyed building in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria on Aug. 15, 2012. Thousands of Syrians who have been displaced by the country's civil war are struggling to find safe shelter while shelling and airstrikes by government forces continue. Khalil Hamra/AP

Syrians are seen through a window as they wait their turn to buy bread outside a bakery in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Aug. 15, 2012. Bread and other daily needs have become harder to come by in some areas in Syria. Khalil Hamra/AP

Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where UN observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria's state TV reported. The explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command. Muzaffar Salman/AP

The burnt hat of a Syrian soldier is seen after a bomb exploded at a military site near a hotel in Damascus August 15, 2012. The bomb was placed in a car park behind the hotel and blew up a fuel truck that sent clouds of black smoke into the sky above the capital. Khaled al-Hariri/Reuters

A woman carries gas mask kits she received at a distribution point in a shopping mall in the town of Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, July 24, 2012. The Syrian government is still in full control of its chemical weapons stockpiles, Israeli defense officials said. But concern that the stockpiles could fall into the hands of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Islamist group, stoked demand in Israel for state-funded gas masks. Baz Ratner/Reuters

Syrians are seen through a destroyed wall as they walk on a street in town of Atareb outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Aug. 5, 2012. AP

Syrian children clean a school where they live with their families after they have fled the fighting in surrounding areas in town of Kafr Hamra some ten kilometers (six miles) north of the center of Aleppo, Syria, Aug. 7, 2012. Khalil Hamra/AP

A Syrian refugee passes by the playground at the Jordanian-run Al Bashabsheh refugee camp in Ramtha, Jordan, July 17, 2012. Jordan's King Abdullah II has announced that security along the country's northern frontier has been tightened, but Syrian refugees fleeing violence will still be allowed to enter, officials said on July 23, 2012. Mohammad Hannon/AP

A Syrian refugee woman and her children are seen after fleeing from a refugee camp named 'Container City' on the Turkish-Syrian border in Oncupinar in Kilis province, southern Turkey, July 22, 2012. At the camp, police used tear gas to disperse a group of refugees angry about food and water shortages who were throwing stones at police, a Turkish official said. Umit Bektas/Reuters

In this Aug. 9, 2012 photo provided by French Army, a team of French military medics and aides arrive at Amman Marka airport, Jordan. The airliner carrying 90 medical and logistics staff and 20 tons of medical aid, is destined to help refugees on the Jordanian-Syrian border. Jerome Salles/ECPAD/AP

A man carries bread on an empty street in central Aleppo on August 10, 2012. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Two members of the Free Syrian Army hold their weapons as they take defense positions in a house in El Moalimin neighborhood in Homs July 14, 2012. Yazen Homsy/Reuters

The closed gate of the Rabia border crossing is seen at the main border post between Iraq and Syria, July 23, 2012. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has told Iraq's border officials to allow Syrian refugees into the county, a senior border commander General Issam Yassim told Reuters on Monday. A portrait of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad (rear) is seen at the crossing. Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters

Iraqi refugees board a plane at Damascus airport in Syria on July 22, 2012. Iraq flew hundreds of its citizens out of Damascus to escape the civil war in Syria. Karim Kadim/AP

The Syrian military are seen during a live ammunitions exercise in an undisclosed location in this handout photo distributed by Syrian News Agency (SANA) July 11, 2012. SANA/Reuters

Members of the Free Syrian Army walk on a street in Homs July 12, 2012. Yazen Homsy/Reuters

Syria's ambassador to Iraq, Nawah al-Fares, announces his resignation and decision to join the opposition forces against President Bashar al-Assad in this still image taken from video footage July 11, 2012. Fares defected in protest over Assad's violent suppression of a 16-month uprising. Al-Jazeera via Reuters TV/Reuters

A Syrian revolutionary flag waves on top of a building on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on June 12, 2012. On Tuesday, Syrian forces pelted the eastern city of Deir el-Zour with mortars as anti-government protesters were dispersing before dawn Tuesday, killing several people, activists said AP

A Syrian refugee boy flashes a victory sign as he looks out from behind the fence at Yayladagi refugee camp in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border, on July 9, 2012. Umit Bektas/Reuters

People watch Syrian President Bashar Assad deliver a live speech in Damascus, Syria, on June 3, 2012. Assad says his government had nothing to do with the Houla massacre, saying not even 'monsters' would carry out such an ugly crime. The speech Sunday marked Assad's first comments on the killings. Bassem Tellawi/AP

Syrian activists prepare signs for upcoming protests at a house in a neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, April 3, 2012. AP

Satellite image shows a pipeline fire in Homs, Syria, February 15, 2012. The pipeline, which runs through the rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr, in Homs, had previously been shelled by regime troops, according to two activist groups, the Local Coordination Committees and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The state news agency, SANA, blamed 'armed terrorists' for the pipeline attack last week. It said the pipeline feeds the tankers in the Damascus suburb of Adra, which contribute in supplying gasoline to the capital and southern regions. DigitalGlobe/AP

A Syrian rebel aims his rifle inside a classroom at a school in Deir Baalbeh neighborhood in Homs province, Syria, February 22, 2012. Syrians began voting on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. AP

A woman walks with children in Kafar Taharim, north Syria, February 25, 2012. The town of Kafar Taharim is under control of the Free Syrian Army for the past month, and people continue a normal life due to the lack of combat with government military forces. Rodrigo Abd/AP

Anti-Syrian regime protester, holds wanted poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad reading, 'Whoever finds this wanted criminal, who is at large, should give information about his location in order to try him by the People's Higher Court,' during a sit-in in Beirut on February 24, 2012, held by Lebanese media advocates to commemorate Syrians and two Western journalists who were killed in the central Syrian city of Homs. The United States, European and Arab nations were set to demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad agree to an immediate cease-fire and allow humanitarian aid into areas hardest hit by his regime's brutal crackdown on opponents, or face as-yet unspecified punishments and an increasingly emboldened and powerful armed resistance. Hussein Malla/AP

Hassan Saad, who fled Idlib in Syria, flashes a victory sign while walking outside the refugees camp near the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern city of Yayladagi, February 16, 2012. Hassan said that his father was killed by the pro-Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad army five months ago. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters